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# Security Summary - MCPHub Security Fixes
## Recent Security Fixes
### Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (FIXED - 2025-11-23)
**CRITICAL FIX APPLIED**: Authentication bypass vulnerability in MCP transport endpoints
**Vulnerability Details:**
- **Severity**: Critical (CVSS 9.8 - Unauthenticated Remote Access)
- **Affected Versions**: All versions prior to this fix
- **CVE**: Pending assignment
- **Discovery**: Security researcher report
- **Status**: ✅ FIXED
**Issue:**
The MCP transport endpoints (`/:user/mcp/:group` and `/:user/sse/:group`) accepted requests without verifying credentials. An attacker could impersonate any user by simply placing their username in the URL path, bypassing all authentication and accessing privileged MCP operations.
**Root Cause:**
- `validateBearerAuth()` in `sseService.ts` was using `loadSettings()` which filters settings based on user context
- `DataServicex.filterSettings()` replaces `systemConfig` with user-specific config for non-admin users
- This caused the global `enableBearerAuth` configuration to be unavailable during validation
- Result: Bearer authentication was never enforced, even when explicitly enabled in configuration
**Impact:**
An unauthenticated attacker could:
- Impersonate any user account
- Access private MCP server groups
- Execute privileged MCP tool operations
- Exfiltrate secrets or data from configured MCP servers (Slack bots, kubectl, databases, etc.)
**Fix Applied:**
- Changed `validateBearerAuth()` to use `loadOriginalSettings()` instead of `loadSettings()`
- This ensures bearer auth validation always has access to the actual global systemConfig
- Updated all test mocks to properly test authentication
**Verification:**
- ✅ 16 new security tests added to prevent regression
- ✅ All 204 tests passing
- ✅ Unauthenticated requests now return 401 Unauthorized
- ✅ Bearer auth properly enforced when enabled
- ✅ Proper WWW-Authenticate headers returned
**Remediation:**
- Update to the latest version immediately
- Review access logs for suspicious activity
- Ensure `enableBearerAuth: true` is set in production
- Use a strong `bearerAuthKey` value
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# Security Summary - OAuth Authorization Server Implementation
## Overview
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**Overall Security Assessment**: ✅ **SECURE** with production hardening recommendations
**Last Updated**: 2025-11-02
**Last Updated**: 2025-11-23
**Next Review**: Recommended quarterly or after major changes
## Recent Security Audit Results
-**Authentication Bypass**: FIXED (2025-11-23)
-**OAuth 2.0 Implementation**: Secure with noted limitations
- ⚠️ **Rate Limiting**: Recommendation for production deployment